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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1891)

Lefroy, William Chambers · London : Seeley and Co., limited; New York, Macmillan & Co. · leaf 204

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welfth year oiKing Stephen—as some affirm—it happened thatthe Abbot of Byland went to Savigny to attend aneral chapter. Peter, hearing of his intendedjourney, begged him to be the bearer of a letter, andto intercede personally with the Abbol of Savigny on behalf of the new plantation. To make a L •… … <X B Jervaulx 187 If his report was satisfactory, the new foundation was to be made over to Savignys younger daughter of Byland ; if otherwise, Peter was to hold it as a sort of agent or trustee for the parent house. When Peter, in the presence of his friends, Brother Conan and Brother Himbert,…

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